wordwalker
Auror
Discuss.
(Whether it's literal truth or a rougher way to distinguish them.)
(Whether it's literal truth or a rougher way to distinguish them.)
Werewolves are from latin "were" meaning man and wolf meaning wolf-man and this concept goes far back in time, maybe even to the oldest memories of mankind. They traditionally have a melange of human and wolf features intermingled, manifested during a full moon and since they become more beast than human, can't sublimate their instincts to kill for meat; NOT for blood.
Vampires are likewise steeped in the history and traditions of Vlad the Impaler; who was probably a human that likely had a condition or disease that gave the desire to drink blood, not necessarily the capability to process it. Humans have never really had the capability of processing the iron in blood and if a person were to drink too much, they could perish. Vampires have taken on the appearance via literature of being undead and need blood to survive, and have the appearance of being human, though pale and with pronounced fangs for puncturing the skin to drink blood.
So in a nutshell, one is alive and one is dead and while they share the hallowed halls of nightmare creatures, they are different creatures.
Quite correct, except "were" is Anglo-Saxon, not Latin.